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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: billfish
billfish
n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn:
gar,
garfish,
garpike,
Lepisosteus osseus]
2: giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded
toothless upper jaw
3: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn:
saury,
Scomberesox saurus]
4: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn:
needlefish,
gar]
[also:
billfishes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Billfish
Billfish
\Bill"fish`\ (b[i^]l"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
A name applied to several distinct fishes:
(a) The garfish (
Tylosurus longirostris, or
Belone longirostris
) and allied species.
(b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast
(
Scomberesox saurus).
(c) The
Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species
related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
(d) The American fresh-water garpike (
Lepidosteus osseus).
[1913 Webster]
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